israel launched 150 air strikes on hamas militants, killing 20 palestinians since wednesday. >>> the former director of the cia has arrived on capitol hill to give testimony. >> general david petraeus is not talking about the sex scandal. he's attending classified hearings about the attack on in benghazi that led to the death of the american ambassador to libya and three others. he might be able to give more details about what happened. >> director petraeus went to tripoli. he interviewed many of the people, as i understood it, that were involved. so the opportunity to get his views i think are very important, is very important. >> three days after the september 11th attack, petraeus testified that it was sparked by a flash mob. petraeus will appear first before the house intelligence committee and then its senate's counterpart. tony? >>> president obama will meet with bipartisan leaders of congress this morning to discuss the fiscal cliff. he's pushing for a plan to cut the deficit that will include tax increases on the wealthy. after the meeting, he is set to meet with several civi